Bio of MILLS, Charles Burdick (b.1868), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest;
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev.
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical);
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 153-154
CHARLES BURDICK MILLS
An outstanding figure in financial circles in Minneapolis is Charles Burdick
Mills, the president of the Midland National Bank, who is an officer and
director in many other important corporations which have been a most valuable
contributing element in the development, upbuilding and progress of this section
of the country. Mr. Mills was born in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, on the 19th
of June, 1868, and is a son of Henry E. and Louise G. Mills. The removal of his
mother to Illinois after his father's death made it possible for him to pursue
his studies in the graded schools at Geneva and Rochelle, that state. He had no
high school or college training, but in the school of experience has learned
many valuable lessons which have made him a man of notably sound judgment and
keen discrimination in business affairs. At the age of fourteen years he became
a telegraph operator for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and from that early
period has been dependent entirely upon his own resources. Diligence,
capability, determination and adaptability have been the crowning features in
his steady advancement, carrying him out of humble surroundings to a point of
leadership in financial circles. His identification with the banking business
dates from 1885, at which time he secured a position in the Bank of Sioux Rapids
in Iowa In 1892 he became a partner in the Security Bank at Sioux Rapids, his
association therewith continuing for a period of ten years, or until 1902, when
he became cashier of the People's Trust & Savings Bank at Clinton, Iowa, then
the second largest bank in Iowa. In 1913 he removed to Minneapolis and the
steady development of his powers and the constant expansion of his activities
have brought him to a place in the front rank among the banking fraternity in
this city. He is now president of the Midland National Bank of Minneapolis;
president of the First National Bank of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; president of the
State Bank of Laurens at Laurens, Iowa; vice president of the First National
Bank at Rembrandt, Iowa; vice president of the Citizens State Bank at Osseo,
Minnesota; and is largely interested in the People's Trust & Savings Bank at
Clinton, Iowa. He is likewise the secretary-treasurer of the Lafayette Lamb
Company of Minneapolis and a director of the Great Northern Lumber Company at
Leavenworth, Washington.
On the 21st of December, 1892, Mr. Mills was married at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, to
Miss Ada Moe, a daughter of Miles Moe. She passed away February 3, 1921,
survived by five children: Julia Louise, who is now the wife of Harold S. Diehl,
residing in Minneapolis; Charles B., who is assistant cashier of the First
National Bank at Sioux Rapids, Iowa; Miles M., who is associated with the Pure
Oil Company; Ada G., a student in Dana Hall at Wellesley, Massachusetts; and
John A., who is attending the Blake School for Boys in Minneapolis. The
religious faith of the family is evidenced by their affiliation with the
Plymouth Congregational church. In his political belief Mr. Mills is a
republican, thoroughly conversant with the vital questions and issues, of the
day, but never ambitious to hold office. He has taken the various degrees in
both York and Scottish Rite Masonry, and he is prominently known in club
circles, having membership in the Minneapolis Athletic Club, Minneapolis Club,
Minikahda Club, Automobile Club, the University Club of St. Paul and the Union
League Club of Chicago. He is prominent among the business men of Minneapolis
who for years have been closely identified with the history of the city and of
the Northwest as a representative of one of its most important business
interests. He possesses keen discrimination and sound judgment and his executive
ability and excellent management have brought to the banks with which he is
associated a large degree of success. The safe, conservative policy which he has
inaugurated commends itself to the judgment of all and yet conservatism has
never been allowed to prove a bar to that progres-siveness which must feature in
the growth and expansion of every business enterprise in this day of large
undertakings.